Two industry brands have come together to launch The Residence Door Collection by Apeer, which they are set to unveil at the FIT Show.
The collection, of 20 door styles will be presented as a 120mm front-to-back format, including traditional, contemporary and stable door designs, with 78mm quadruple sealed glass units as standard. Construction will be of GPR skins around a high-density PU core, reinforced with aluminium anti-cut security mesh embedded in each core.
The doors, including skins and glass units, will be manufactured by Apeer at its 120,000 feet2 Ballymena factory.
The range will to include nine standard colours – seven grained and two smooth – with the availability of full sidelights and top lights from the outset and half lights and others to follow. Standard specification also includes weather deflectors, and Stormguard or full-frame thresholds. Extra touches such as Ultion KeyTag-equipped, trackable keys will also form a comprehensive standard specification.
All doors will be PAS24 compliant, and the company says thermal performance testing, which is being undertaken ready for the FIT Show launch, will improve upon the 0.8 W/m2K anticipated in the Future Homes standard for 2025.
Residence Collection sales and marketing director Sarah Hitchings explained how the partnership came about: “Residence Collection has always been defined by our commitment to high quality, high performance, and innovation. We have been looking at developing a range of engineered doors that extends beyond our current collection, that anticipates what we believe will be required for home improvements with the influence of Future Homes.”
Asa McGillian added: “Apeer has always strived to design and produce products that are unique, or innovative or the highest performers in their sector, or all of those things – just as Residence Collection has with flush sash windows. And after I had the opportunity to show Sarah and her team our ideas for a premium, advanced specification door they told us that it was what they had been looking for…to be able to design and manufacture this collection under the Residence Collection name is very satisfying.”
